It's much easier to multiply fractions than it is to multiply mixed numbers.
Try either one some time.
You do not do anything. An improper fraction IS a real number.
You can't. Improper and proper fractions are two different things. You can convert an improper fraction to a mixed number.
You take the bottom number and divided by the top number.
To divide mixed numbers, first convert each mixed number into an improper fraction. For example, convert (2 \frac{1}{3}) into (\frac{7}{3}) by multiplying the whole number by the denominator and adding the numerator. Next, take the reciprocal of the second improper fraction and multiply it by the first. Finally, simplify the resulting fraction if possible.
You don't.
You do not do anything. An improper fraction IS a real number.
You can't. Improper and proper fractions are two different things. You can convert an improper fraction to a mixed number.
An improper fraction cannot be converted to a whole number, since the two are not equivalent.
Convert the mixed number into an improper fraction then divide the fraction and improper fraction as normal (invert the divisor and multiply) and simplify the result (including converting any improper fraction into a mixed number)
Cancellation cannot be used to convert a mixed number into an improper fraction.
When working with mixed numbers it is almost always easier to convert them to improper fractions first, do the whatever (with the improper fraction just like an ordinary fraction) and convert any final improper fraction into a mixed number. To convert a mixed number to an improper fraction, multiply the whole number by the denominator and add the numerator to form the new numerator and keep the denominator the same. For example: 2 3/7 → (2x7+3)/7 = 17/7 To convert an improper fraction to a mixed number divide the numerator by the denominator to get a whole number quotient and a remainder. The whole number quotient is the whole number and the remainder is put as the numerator over the original denominator as the fraction. For example: 17/7 → 17 ÷ 7 = 2 r 3 → 17/7 = 2 3/7
You take the bottom number and divided by the top number.
Convert the mixed number to an improper fraction and proceed.
Convert the mixed fraction to an improper fraction, multiply by the whole number, convert the answer back to a mixed fraction (if required).
To convert an improper fraction to a mixed number, divide the denominator into the numerator. The answer is the whole number. Put any remainder over the original denominator to create the fraction part.
5/3 is 1.6666666667 as an improper fraction.
To divide mixed numbers, first convert each mixed number into an improper fraction. For example, convert (2 \frac{1}{3}) into (\frac{7}{3}) by multiplying the whole number by the denominator and adding the numerator. Next, take the reciprocal of the second improper fraction and multiply it by the first. Finally, simplify the resulting fraction if possible.